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“The Hunger Games” Super Bowl Trailer: Our five favorite new scenes

With less than two months to go until “The Hunger Games” hits theaters, the odds are ever in the film’s favor. The latest trailer for the movie still hasn’t given us many shots from the actual Hunger Games — sorry, but Katniss with a bow and arrow dodging fireballs in previously released footage doesn’t really count — but there are still plenty of new scenes to dissect and analyze.

Fortunately for all of you, we have compiled a list of our five new moments from the trailer for your viewing pleasure. Who knows if there will be a third (longer) theatrical trailer before the movie hits theaters and IMAX on March 23, so we might as well occupy our time with these stills to help make the passage of time easier.

Katniss gives Prim the Mockingjay pin

This is a bit of a change from the book-version of “The Hunger Games,” but one that we’re okay accepting. Technically it’s supposed to be Madge who gives Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) the pin right before she heads off to the Capitol to compete in the Hunger Games, but this scene switches the story around. Here Katniss gives the pin to her sister, Prim, so “nothing bad will happen.” Unfortunately that doesn’t quite happen — Prim gets picked as a tribute in the Games — so there will likely be another scene later on where Prim gives the pin back.

President Snow welcomes potential tributes

Donald Sutherland‘s President Snow doesn’t get much screentime in “The Hunger Games,” but he does at least get to appear in a video welcoming potential tributes to the District 12 Reaping. We’re not sure if this is one of the two new scenes Sutherland will have in the movie (it seems like those will be completely new to the story) but, either way, it’s chilling to hear him say, “Happy Hunger Games!”

“What did you say to your sister when you volunteered at the Reaping?”

That is the question poised by Caesar Flickerman (Stanley Tucci) to Katniss during her pre-Hunger Games interview, featured as a new scene in the trailer. “I told her that I would try to win for her,” Katniss responds. “And try you will,” he says back. We love the chance to see Tucci show off the over-exaggerated emotional scale of Flickerman.

Katniss watches Peeta’s interview

Just as Katniss’s interview is featured in this teaser, so is Peeta’s (Josh Hutcherson). She looks on as Peeta charms Caesar Flickerman while wearing a red and black suit that matches her Girl on Fire dress. It’s clear from the look on her fact that she’s still trying to figure out if he is her friend or foe doing into the Hunger Games.

Cinna gives Katniss her pin

This ending is not quite as good as the first theatrical trailer’s countdown to the beginning of the 74th Hunger Games, but it comes close. Cinna (Lenny Kravitz) pins Katniss’s Mockingjay pin onto her shirt lapel only seconds before she enters the Games, and then shushes her so she won’t alert anyone. That pin ends up becoming the symbol that represents Katniss in the future “Hunger Games” books. Talk about a good stylist.

Are you excited to see “The Hunger Games”? What was your favorite new scene? Tell us in the comments section below or on Facebook and Twitter.

Your Portlandia Personality Test

Carrie and Fred understand that although we have so much in common, we’re each so beautifully unique and different. To help us navigate those differences, Portlandia has found an easy and honest way to embrace our special selves in the form of a progressive new traffic system: a specific lane for every kind of driver. It’s all in honor of the show’s 8th and final season, and it’s all presented by Subaru.

Ready to find out who you really are? Match your personality to a lane and hop on the expressway to self-understanding.

Lane 10: Trucks Piled With Junk

Your junk is falling out of your trunk. Shake a tail light, people — this lane is for you.

Lane 33: Twins

You’re like a Gemini, but waaaay more pedestrian. Maybe you and a friend just wear the same outfits a lot. Who cares, it’s just twinning enough to make you feel special.

Lane 27: Broken Windows

Bad luck follows you around and everyone knows it. Your proverbial seat is always damp from proverbial rain. Is this the universe telling you to swallow your pride? Yes.

Lane 69: Filthy Cars

You’re all about convenience. Getting your car washed while you drive is a no-brainer.

Lane 43: Newly Divorced Singles

It’s been a while since you’ve driven alone, and you don’t know the rules of the road anymore. What’s too fast? What’s too slow? Are you sending the right signals? Don’t worry, the breakdown lane is nearby if you need it.

Still can’t find a lane to match your personality? Check out all the videos here. And see the final season of Portlandia this spring on IFC.

Last-Minute Holiday Gift Guide

It’s the final countdown to Christmas and thanks to IFC’s movie marathon all Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, you can revel in classic ’80s films AND find inspiration for your last-minute gifts. Here are our recommendations, if you need a head start:

Musical Instrument

Great analog entertainment substitute when you refuse to give your kid the Nintendo Switch they’ve been drooling over.

Breakfast In Bed

Any significant other or child would appreciate these Uncle Buck-approved flapjacks. Just make sure you’re not stuck on clean up duty.

Cocktail Supplies

You’ll need them to get through the holidays.

Dance Lessons

So you can learn to shake-shake-shake (unless you know ghosts willing to lend a hand).

Comfy Clothes

With all the holiday meals, there may be some…embigenning.

Get even more great inspiration all Christmas Eve and Day on IFC, and remember…

Celebrating Portlandia One Sketch at a Time

Most people measure time in minutes, hours, days, years…At IFC, we measure it in sketches. And nothing takes us way (waaaaaay) back like Portlandia sketches. Yes, there’s a Portlandia milepost from every season that changed the way we think, behave, and pickle things. In honor of Portlandia’s 8th and final season, Subaru presents a few of our favorites.